Veritas FlashSnap Point-In-Time Copy Solutions 5.0.1 Administrators Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

You can use the commands in Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix to:
■ Associate a disk group with a BCV disk group, or Symmetrix STD devices in a
disk group with identical BCV devices.
■ Initiate TimeFinder mirroring for Symmetrix STD devices in a disk group.
■ Split Symmetrix STD devices from their BCV devices and create duplicate
volumes on the BCV devices. You can use the resulting BCV volumes for
administrative tasks such as backups and testing.
■ Reattach and resynchronize the STD and BCV devices. The devices can be
remirrored from the STD copy or restored from the BCV copy.
■ Detach the STD devices from their BCV devices.
Note: The Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix software is available with the
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle product. It is not currently available for
DB2 or Sybase databases.
A valid SYMCLI license key must be obtained from EMC to use EMC TimeFinder.
The Veritas Cluster Server Agents for Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix
are add-ons to Veritas Cluster Server that enable automatic recovery of FlashSnap
Agent for Symmetrix operations.
For more information, see the following documents that are installed with the
VRTSfasdc package:
■ Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix Installation Guide
■ Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix Administrator’s Guide
■ Veritas Cluster Server Agents for Veritas FlashSnap Agent for Symmetrix
Installation and Configuration Guide
Implementing point-in time copy solutions on a
primary host
Figure 1-1 illustrates the steps that are needed to set up the processing solution
on the primary host.
17Point-in-time copy solutions
Implementing point-in time copy solutions on a primary host